Shanghai is about 17 times bigger than Mesa.

Mesa (map shows its 6 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 367 sq km, while Shanghai is approximately 6,341 sq km, making Shanghai 1,626% larger than Mesa.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Mesa vs. Shanghai uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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